On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Union successfully confronted the Confederate attack, which
A) turned out to be one of their weakest offensives due to the depletion of their forces.
B) was an all-out frontal assault rather than a flanking maneuver.
C) involved their coming from behind Union forces on Cemetery Ridge.
D) resulted in the final defeat of the Confederacy.
E) pushed the Union troops back to their previous position.
B
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